TABLE 3.
The long-term scale: factors, item descriptions, item loadings, and reliability results (Cronbach’s alpha) N = 141.
| No. | Writing in the RJ enabled me to… | Personal development |
Professional development |
Multicultural development |
Academic development |
| A26 | Evaluate what I learned from the experience during the course or assignment about my potentials (how far can I reach?) | 0.836 | |||
| A25 | Describe what I have learned from the course or assignment on the personal level–about myself (e.g., what are my strengths, what should be improved) | 0.724 | |||
| A28 | To think of ways I can use the insights about myself that have emerged in the course or assignment to become a better person in the future | 0.690 | |||
| A27 | Evaluate the things about myself I would like to improve | 0.628 | |||
| A22 | Describe how what I learned during the course (knowledge, skill) might help me (be useful) in my current or future work | 0.847 | |||
| A23 | Evaluate how it might be possible to adapt what I have learned during the course (knowledge, skill) to my current or future work (what should I add? what can I omit?) | 0.710 | |||
| A24 | Think about the experiences that I have “earned” during the course that might be useful in my current or future work | 0.677 | |||
| A18 | Describe the things that I found easy to carry out in the course or assignment–as a learner | 0.562 | 0.417 | ||
| A17 | Describe the problems and challenges I had as a learner during the course or assignment | 0.482 | |||
| A30 | Evaluate things I have learned from a cultural perspective | 0.833 | |||
| A31 | Think about ways of linking the educational activity to the culture (language, customs, history) of students | 0.819 | |||
| A29 | Describe the relationship between different cultures and the studied materials | 0.799 | |||
| A19 | To describe what material or issues in the course or assignment might be related to my prior knowledge (for example, things I have learned in past courses) | 0.743 | |||
| A20 | Evaluate what else can be done to better connect the learning material to my prior knowledge | 0.731 | |||
| A21 | Think of ways that can help me deal with difficulties (remove the barriers) during learning activities | 0.545 | |||
| Cronbach’s alpha | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.86 | |
Bold values indicate the highest loading for items corresponding to their respective factor.